Places thanesiel Wants to Go

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.